Crotalaria PALLIDA Ait.
| Synonym : | Crotalaria brownei DC. Crotalaria hookeri Arn. Crotalaria latifolia Wight & Arn. Lebeckia rostrata Fenzl |
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| Bangla Name : | Jhunjhuna (Bangla),Kudug Jhunjhuni (Chakma), Easygaas (Tanchunga), Tha Sim Noi, Rati Aapa (Marma), Roa Bay (Murang). |
| English Name : | - |
| Family : | Fabeceae |
| Disease : | Stomachache and indigestion. |
| Description : | An erect low shrub up to 1.5 m high. Leaves 3-foliolate, leaflets 7-10 cm long, obovate-oblong, obtuse or subacute, glabrous above and obscurely silky beneath. Racemes 20-50-flowered, reaching 15-30 cm long. Corolla yellow striped with red. Pods turgid, deflexed, rather recurved, 4-5 cm long, 20-30-seeded. |
| Distribution : | Occur all over the country in fallow lands. |
| Chemical Constituents : | Seeds contain alkaloids, mucronatine, usaramine, nilgirine, mucronatinine and crotastriatine (Asolkar et al., 1992). Luteolin, vitexin, its O-xyloside and chrysoeriol-7-rutinoside have also been isolated from seeds. Vitexin, vitexin-4ยด-O-xyloside and apig |
| Uses : | Root extract is taken by Tanchangyas to cure stomachache and indigestion. EtOH(50%) extract of plant is hypotensive. Total alkaloids of the plant are antitumour against Walker 256 and sarcoma 180 rat tumours (Asolkar et al., 1992). |
| Habit : | Shrub |